Santa Monica College women’s volleyball coach
Wendy Dreher has been named 2003 Southern California
Regional Coach of the Year and Western State Conference Southern Division
Coach of the Year.

Dreher, who led her team to the second round of the
state playoffs this year, just finished her second season as women’s
volleyball coach at SMC. She was also named WSC Southern Division Coach
of the Year in 2002.

Posting an 18-4 record, including playoffs, the 2003
team bested their 13-6 record last year. Among this year’s standout
players were outside hitter Katherine Shorey,
who was named “Conference Player of the Year” and made the
All-State and Southern California Regional teams, and setter Chelsea
Baiz, who made the Southern California Regional Team.

Before taking over at SMC, Dreher had served as the
first assistant at nearby College of the Canyons for three years. While
at COC, the Cougars won back-to-back Western State Conference titles in
1999 and 2000.

Dreher played volleyball for California State University
at Los Angeles, where she started at the opposite hitting position each
of her four years. In her freshman season, the Golden Eagles finished
fourth in the nation at the Division II level. She earned all honors for
her performance during her senior year and is on the all-time career lists
in block solos, block assists, and aces at CSULA.

Aside from coaching at SMC, Dreher, of Canyon Country,
teaches fourth grade at Mint Canyon Elementary School in Canyon Country.